who will be coming?

[small_magics]

Aianon has made a plant in the open airless space above the surface of Thilanushinyel. It is a very, very large plant - some dragons will be attending the party, after all, even if Ansharil in particular is going to be assorted small things and stay on Sarion's person the bulk of the time.

The locals will be Sarion, her beloveds, their other beloved, the five conjured dragons (and their Bondmates, where applicable: Virgivere and Lissa), and Liselen - Magania has, as usual, declined, and so far no Bell party has featured Bell parents.

Amariah is bringing her boyfriend and spontaneous daughter and two of the spontaneous daughter's friends, as well as an Alethian instance of the Rupert template.

Shell Bell is bringing Pearl and Screwdriver.

Golden is bringing her usual large contingent, as usual not including her husband but including her daughter and daughter's grown fosterling (the other remaining at home) and his wolf, both mothers-in-law and one father-in-law, adopted siblings, staff members including the Joker and Nathan, and the children of the aforementioned.

Glass is bringing both wives, all three daughters, Kanim, and her cat. She invited Icarin and Valeria, but their parents are not willing to let them gallivant into other worlds unsupervised and had a scheduling conflict.

Stella's bringing a smattering of people including Alice, Anna, Sandy, Libby, Bridget, her college roommate Janine, and Lazarus.

Tab is bringing Aelise (but not Kers) and Luhan.

Etty is bringing only Nona.

Aether, likewise, brings no one but Celo.

Pattern comes with Ripper, Slipstick, Queenie, and Ghosty.

Aegis is accompanied by her four-bodied boyfriend, Merryweather, Whitlock, and Howlett.

Aurora comes with Brilliance, Lexi with her Device Persica, Agent Honey with her Device Adularia, and Beth.

Rose brings her husband and three children and her former apprentice, Luc.

Angela brings her husband, her four children, several of her friends, and some of those friends' children and grandchildren with and without wings. Keziah also brings a friend.

Juliet shows up with Soph, Minus, Red, Giles, James, Virginia, Minnie, Ike, and Val.

Cam brings Jellybean and Tilly and stops there.

And from unBelled worlds hail additional Sherlocks and Tonies, Darcy, Matilda, Pepper, and Eights.

Comments

[telesonorous]

"Kalavar's outside. She's kind of huge, so it'd be hard not to bump into anybody in here. And bumping into people would be bad."

[forgefires]

"I like the tiny cakes!" says Tanalin. "They're tiny and cake-y."

[exactlyright]

Carinna takes a tiny cake.

"Why is yours huge?"

[telesonorous]

"Apparently it's a template thing," she says, "my alts would both have enormous birds too."

[guessguess]

"We don't have any alts. I wonder if we'd have the same animals if we did. I don't even know what we'd have. Bella said it doesn't stay put till you're - well, our age, I guess, I asked when we were ten."

[exactlyright]

"I'm not going to have any alts. Bella and Sherlock are going to tell the others not to make any."

[telesonorous]

"...Why not?" says Helen, cautiously.

[exactlyright]

"I asked them to. I don't think there should be more."

[guessguess]

Kiawen pats Carinna's elbow. "She's very sensitive, even though we live in the nicest world."

[forgefires]

"That's why I tell her about foods!" says Tanalin, beaming at her sisters and raiding the buffet table for a wee pie. She takes a bite and proclaims, "Tiny apple pie! I'll check to see if there's more kinds."

[exactlyright]

"Thanks," says Carinna.

[guessguess]

"I'm not a very good food tester, I like everything."

[forgefires]

Tanalin begins to systematically investigate the wee pies.

[telesonorous]

"Awww," says Helen.

[guessguess]

"I can't remember which of Bella it is in Alethia. I mean, I guess it's the one with the soul animal, but I can't remember her peal name."

[telesonorous]

"Amariah. She's a witch," says Helen. "An Alethia witch - I guess there are different kinds."

[guessguess]

"Chronicle has two all by itself! We're part fire-witch, just a little -" Kiawen pats the bottom of a chafing dish full of sausages illustratively. "On Sherlock and Tony's side. And Bella's a magician, which means she does all kinds of magic including witching, but not fire witching because that's a family thing."

[exactlyright]

"And we have friends from Toure-en-Marsh who are entirely fire-witches."

[telesonorous]

"Witching is just about the only available kind of do-able magic in Alethia - well, the subworld I'm from, I guess I don't know about the rest. And it's hereditary. You're either a witch or you're not, and witches' kids are witches if they're girls and not if they aren't."

[exactlyright]

"That doesn't seem very fair!"

[telesonorous]

Helen shrugs. "I guess it's not."

[guessguess]

"Maybe her Bella is going to fix it?" Kiawen suggests to Carinna. "For boys who want to be Alethia witches."

[exactlyright]

"Maybe."

[telesonorous]

"...I'm not sure there are any of those," says Helen. "I guess it's always possible." She looks at Carinna, and decides not to continue on to mentioning the possible negative social repercussions of such a change.

[forgefires]

Tanalin has finished investigating the wee pies!

"There are cherry ones and apple ones and peach ones and ones that are a kind of fruit I don't know," she says. "The mystery fruit is mysterious and really tasty. They all have different shapes of holes in the top for what kind they are."